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The presiding officer the senator from virginia. Mr. Warner mr. President , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Warner i ask that the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Warner mr. President , i rise today to celebrate the passage of the Great American outdoors act. The passage of this historic legislation marks a once in a generation step by this body to restore and conserve our National Parks as well as our countrys national heritage. It builds on an american tradition of conserving our natural wonders and ...

Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue th...

Live and we will get to audience questions with the governor before we wrap up the conversation. We also want to hear from you watching on politico. Com. What we are asking is what should congress be doing to respond to National Unrest and protests against Racial Injustice and why. You can type your answer on politico. Com. At the end of our interview, we will check out your responses. Before the governor joins us again, i want to talk about a few things we are watching this week. Number one is a state of Police Reform. That we couldint be surprised in the coming weeks and months, that Police ...

This morning im joined by of blican senator tim scott South Carolina, were going to discuss the current unrest in president s the response, the best path forward ideas as the senators for the economy. First, were trying out a new feature today. I want you to know for you watching on politico. Com and you are here, here is the question for you. What is most needed to reopen it back economy and get on track . So think about that question, under the r answer live stream on politico. Com box. There is a text at the end of my interview, well look at your responses and those. Out ill always be takin...

Fellow for joining us this afternoon. We will introduce them in just a moment. As a reminder, attendees have their volume and video that we are eager to incorporate the questions to the extent of time allows. You can submit those using the qanda feature on zoom and we will record a session and distribute and post the video afterwards to the benefit of everyone. Stay tuned for upcoming discussions former under secretary of defense will join us next thursday may 28 and the Jackson Institute to introduce the special guest. Thanks and welcome everyone. As we grapple with the ramifications of the p...